Arso Jovanovic

Arso Jovanovic (24 March 1907-1948) was Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army from 1 March 1945 to 15 September 1948, succeeding Koca Popovic.

Biography
Arso Jovanovic was born on 24 March 1907 in Zavala, Principality of Montenegro, and he served in the Yugoslav Royal Army during the Interwar Years. Jovanovic was commander of the Belgrade Law School's battalion at the start of World War II, and he captured 2,000 Royal Italian Army troops in one battle. His partisans were effective in fighting against Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht and Fascist Italy's occupation forces, and he fought in the uprising in Montenegro against the Axis Powers. After the war, he supported the Soviet Union when Josip Broz Tito split with Josef Stalin, and he was killed by border guards while trying to flee Yugoslavia in 1948, having briefly served as Chief of Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army.